A reading from the Book of Marx:I thought it was supposed to be "mammon" (the love of money) that was the root of all evil.(http://i203.photobucket.com/albums/aa32/blue3711/02eb3378-d11c-42f3-9071-640ae0ec953d_zps01f79cdf.jpg)
I thought it was supposed to be "mammon" (the love of money) that was the root of all evil.
That being said, in the pontiff's defense, it does not necessarily mean financial inequality. In fact, it appears he is more explicitly targeting social inequality, the idea that some people are more equal than others, as Orwell once put it. In that regard, there is a great deal of truth.
He openly condemns capitalism, and based on some of the other stuff he has said I think it is pretty safe to say that he at least leans towards socialism.
He openly condemns capitalism, and based on some of the other stuff he has said I think it is pretty safe to say that he at least leans towards socialism.
He openly condemns capitalism, and based on some of the other stuff he has said I think it is pretty safe to say that he at least leans towards socialism.
I doubt this pope ever even read the bible the foundation of Christianity.
I doubt this pope ever even read the bible the foundation of Christianity.
Luis wrote above:
[[ Liberation theology... ]]
Well, what else would one -expect- from a Pope from... Argentina, wasn't it ??
He won't be the Pope forever...
You know sink, I'm Catholic and I have a lot of hard-core Catholic friends and relatives. A couple of seminarians in the bunch.
I've seen a lot of eyebrows raise and brows furrow over this Pope.
This thread, and my comment before the video is a Tweet from my staunchest Catholic friend.
I love this Pope. I'm a cradle Catholic, and I think and believe that the institutional Church needs to relearn the basics of discipleship.Jesus also called each and every sinner he encountered to REPENT, something tragically lost on this generation-- and glaringly absent from most of Francis's teachings.
That means, we will never know the mind and heart of Jesus Christ if we don't really KNOW the mind and heart of Jesus Christ. A Christ who challenged the tenets of the prevailing Judaic orthodoxy, who got down into the mess of peoples' lives, who forgave sins no matter who the sinner was, who dined and called those who were "the least" in his milieu.
Too much judgment in our Church. Too much institutional concern, and not enough focus on the mind and heart of Jesus.